Showing posts with label calligraphy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label calligraphy. Show all posts

Friday, March 4, 2011

Chinese Calligraphy

Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi, ca. 1310
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322)

Source:Zhao Mengfu: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi (1989.363.30) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chinese Character Classification -- at Wikipedia
Chinese Calligraphy -- Timeline of Art History
China's Calligraphic Arts -- at the Freer/Sackler

Two videos that demonstrate basics in Chinese calligraphy.



The videos below are properly Japanese rather than Chinese, but the principles still apply.  The first begins a series on calligraphy by discussing brushes.  The second is a lengthy but excellent demonstration of calligraphy in several styles.